TRAIN RAMMED BY TEEN DRIVER

Two 15-year-old boys from Cleveland, Ohio, stole a minivan parked outside a suburban house. The owner called the police who located the vehicle and set off in pursuit. The chase continued on Route 84...

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METRORAIL TRAINS: 1,331 DELAYED IN A WEEK

Cape Chamber of Commerce President Janine Myburgh, commenting on Metrorail troubles, told the Cape Times, "We are spiralling downward. It will impact negatively on all sectors of the economy. People...

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PEELTON COLLISION

Speculation continues over the 20 May head-on collision near Peelton, some 50km from East London on South Africa’s Eastern Cape main-line. According to official Transnet Freight Rail (TFR)...

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KIDS DIE TIED TO PRETORIA LINE

Following a heated domestic argument in mid-May, Pretoria resident Elsie Maluleke took her children aged 3, 7 and 9, tied them to the rails on a line nearby and waited with them until a train ran them...

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FLOOD CARRIES AWAY 40KM OF LINE IN CHILE

The future of a 155km railway in Chile hangs in the balance after torrential rain in the Andean foothills carried away 40km of track during March. The line runs from a copper smelter at Potrerillos,...

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TWO DIE IN GERMAN CROSSING COLLISION

Two people aboard a passenger train were killed on 16 May when it hit a truck and trailer apparently stuck fast on a crossing near Ibbenbueren, about 23km west of Osnabruck in Germany.  About 20...

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KOLKATA TRAIN BOMB

Eighteen people were reported hurt on 12 May, five seriously, when bombs exploded at 04:00 aboard a Sealdah-Krishnanagar local train as it entered Barrackpore station, about 25km north of Kolkata....

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DEADLIEST USA TRAIN CRASH IN 6 YEARS

Once again, a really serious passenger train derailment in the United States appears to have the experts flummoxed. Windows on three trains, including the one that derailed, were hit by missiles of...

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TRAIN HITS SEMI IN SASKATCHEWAN

Very early on 10 May, a Canadian National freight train ran into a semi-articulated truck on a crossing at Unity in Canada’s Saskatchewan. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with...

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TRANSNET GOODS TRAIN COLLISION WITH PASSENGER TRAIN

On Wednesday the 20th May 2015, at around 11H30am, a Transnet goods train collided with a Shosholoza Meyl passenger train near Peelton outside King Williams Town. The goods train was en route to East...

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